Vowel systems MOUTH

The MOUTH set of words, corresponding to ME /u:/, is represented in Suriname creoles by the English words proud, house, louse, mouth, cow and so on. The normal realization of these words in the Suriname creoles is [o], a short high back round vowel. This set falls together with the GOAT set. There is only one vowel-final case, varying between /ow/ in Sranan and /au/ in Ndyuka.